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Solar and the feed-in tariff in Colne Valley
1,749 installations are accredited under the Feed-in Tariff here, holding 7,974 kW of capacity. That ranks the constituency 172 of 633 and accounts for 0.20% of every FIT installation in the country.
1,749installations
7,974 kWinstalled capacity
172of 633 constituencies
2011busiest year, 431 installed
When they went up
Like most of the country, Colne Valley front-loaded: the busiest year was 2011, before the tariff cuts began to bite.
What is installed
| Technology | Installations |
|---|---|
| Photovoltaic | 1,704 |
| Wind | 44 |
| Hydro | 1 |
Domestic and everything else
| Installation type | Installations |
|---|---|
| Domestic | 1,691 |
| Non Domestic (Commercial) | 51 |
| Non Domestic (Industrial) | 5 |
| Community | 2 |
Postcode districts
Districts with five or more installations. Below five we publish nothing, because a count that small starts to identify individual houses.
| District | Installations | Capacity kW |
|---|---|---|
| HD9 | 809 | 3,525 |
| HD7 | 354 | 1,644 |
| HD3 | 324 | 1,726 |
| HD4 | 192 | 650 |
| HD2 | 33 | 113 |
| HD1 | 21 | 147 |
| HD8 | 14 | 78 |
Nearby in the ranking
Kirkleescouncil view North Wiltshire1,768 installationsEastleigh1,768 installationsNew Forest West1,749 installationsWitham1,748 installationsBosworth1,741 installationsRoss- Skye and Lochaber1,737 installations
On the tariff itself rather than the map: the rate finder will tell you what an installation here is paid, from its eligibility date and size.
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